Hammersmith Bridge was shut to traffic last Saturday and Sunday for the first of a series of weekend road closures over the coming month to carry out urgent repair work.

And at the nearby Hammersmith Flyover, work continues to repair the ageing concrete structure which carries the A4 into and out of west London. A public meeting will be held on 12 February to discuss proposals to replace the flyover with a tunnel, or 'flyunder' (pictured).

Repairs to Hammersmith Bridge over the River Thames involve repairing or replacing timber panels and resurfacing the carriageway. The worn wooden decking means that steel panels on the road that provide an anti skid surface are failing to work properly.

“These works are simply unavoidable and must be done now, to make sure the road surface holds up for the next decade," said Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s cabinet member for transport and technical services Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler.

Proposals to create a 'flyunder' to replace the Hammersmith Flyover have considered various tunnel lengths and possible start and end points. Options put forward by the council will be measured against likely social, environmental and environmental benefits.

Feedback from local residents will help to inform a study to be completed in March and delivered to Transport for London, which manages the flyover. The study will consider whether a tunnel could be built and whether it should be built.

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